incorrigible
\ɛ̃.kɔ.ʁi.ʒibl\
The verdict
“incorrigible” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #49,716. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,716
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qu’on ne peut corriger.
Corpus desk
Index FR-incorrigible · incorrigible · French
incorrigible · rank #49,716 · 16 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #49,716
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH incohérents
Nearest frequency peer: incohérents (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « incorrigible »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- immobilise
immobilise
50,288 corpus weight
- Imperium
Imperium
50,287 corpus weight
- incohérents
incohérents
50,286 corpus weight
- incorrigible
incorrigible
50,285 corpus weight
- indiquerait
indiquerait
50,283 corpus weight
- indiscrets
indiscrets
50,282 corpus weight
What this shows « incorrigible » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | incorrigible |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.kɔ.ʁi.ʒibl\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #49,716 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « incorrigible »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around incorrigible (IPA \ɛ̃.kɔ.ʁi.ʒibl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #49,716 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for incorrigible, with forms such as "icnorrigible", "inccorrigible", and "incorigible". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is incorrigible, spelled I-N-C-O-R-R-I-G-I-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Qu’on ne peut corriger.
- 2Qui ne se corrige pas ; qui ne s’amende pas, en parlant des personnes et de leurs défauts.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how incorrigible appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Devoir, composition incorrigible.
De l’autre côté, quelques-uns parmi nous discutaient s’il fallait ajouter foi aux affirmations du criminel qui s’était montré menteur incorrigible.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- icnorrigible
- inccorrigible
- incorigible
- incorirgible
- incorrgiible
- incorrigbile
- incorriggible
- incorrigibble
- incorrigibel
- incorrigiblle
- incorrigilbe
- incorriigble
- incrorigible
- inncorrigible
- inocrrigible
- nicorrigible
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of incorrigible - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).